No, because there is no conspiracy needed. Chrome is a product of an adtech company, and Firefox is funded by the very same one. Mozilla is at best fighting a losing battle here, forced to make concessions to survive. Or, it could be argued that Firefox exists only to serve as an antitrust shield for Google.
I disagree
> Or, it could be argued that Firefox exists only to serve as an antitrust shield for Google.
That might well be why google funds them. I can’t say I mind, and it doesn’t make them more user-unfriendly.
Mozilla or Google?
If Mozilla: Do you think that Mozilla would think of their users' privacy if it meant alienating Google and loosing their money? I'm not picking a side here - I have no idea so I'm just asking.
Yes. One example is tracking protection, which blocks Google Analytics on every FF installation by default.
Quite frankly i feel like every time a web browser is mentioned on hn, everyone reaches to weird conspiracies.